How to keep visor clear when raining

[Guest]

Hi, just a question about keeping my visor clear (ish) when its raining. Not sure if there's anything i can buy to help.

[NeilM]

Pinlock.

If you are commuting they are a necessity.

[Tiggie]

if you tilt your head down to the left or right while at speed it drives the rain off your visor

Edit: keeps your eyes on the road while doing this though

[Glorian]

Pin lock for the fogging up insides.

Wipe it with your hand for the outside!

I have something called a "vee wipe" http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/product_images/bob_heath_vee_wipe_hand_2.jpg

Yet to try it out properly though

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice. Is pinlock and vee wipe the only products around? Im doing 3rd year product design and looking for somehting to design for my major project that involves motorbikes in some way

[RantMachine]

You and 50,000,000 product design students before you

If you can design a visor that somehow sheds water and doesn't mist up, you'll be a millionaire.

[Mr Fro]

Did you see that thing on Dragon's Den a few years back? It was a monstrosity that slowly eeked a wiperblade up and down the visor. Can't remember if he got investment of not but it looked shit anyway.

[Joeman]

You and 50,000,000 product design students before you

If you can design a visor that somehow sheds water and doesn't mist up, you'll be a millionaire.

Loads of nanotechnology coatings that could be applied to make the visor repel water. Someone must be marketing it already??

[Glorian]

Did you see that thing on Dragon's Den a few years back? It was a monstrosity that slowly eeked a wiperblade up and down the visor. Can't remember if he got investment of not but it looked shit anyway.

 

Sauce? I would love to see this

[Guest]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B23CQ2O/r ... 820EK3ZF5V

There are a few things similar to this product. I normally use the same stuff as used on car windscreens which does the same thing as this.

[Guest]

Rain-X on the outside but it doesn't last very long.

Pinlock inside.

[funinacup]

Been told rain-x can damage the plastic of the visor and not to use it. This was by the guy in J&S so perhaps just trying to get a sale on the stuff he had (which we bought anyway)

[Zipster]

Mr Sheen on the outside beads the rain right off!

[NearOn]

I've heard these products similar to rain x marketed for bike visors rain repellent use can damage your visor too. I'm surprised no one has invented a full proof visor anti rain system, like someone said above the market for it is astronomical!

[Glorian]

Either you'd need something that wipes the rain off like on a car, which would likely be bulky and require power from bike or battery either way not many bikes would like this (excluding polite jacket wearing bmw riders, sorry.) or it would have to be a chemical spray that caused rain the fall straight off like a film on the visor but this could either damage the visor or cost astronomical amounts and require replacing several times.

my diagnosis.

Use your hand.

[Joeman]

This is what we need!!

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[Glorian]

That's... pretty cool. wonder if it works on helmet

[iiisecondcreep]

I have one of these:

http://www.visorcat.com/

however, have not actually been on the bike since getting it

[Throttled]

Nickwax visor is effective and lasts longer than anything else I have tried; Rainex, furniture polish, washing up liquid.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NhqunR8FL._SY355_.jpg

[onesea]

Nickwax visor is effective and lasts longer than anything else I have tried; Rainex, furniture polish, washing up liquid.

 

Cannot comment re other brands but I can I have used mine more in the summer, its very good at dissolving bugs of your visor.

[fq-craigus]

Pinlock for the fogging, thats the main problem when riding in rain, and just wipe the rain with your glove, waterproof gloves sometimes have a blade type thing on the index finger for clearing rain

[Cpt_Tact]

I've used Rain X for a few years and it has never damaged the visor but does need redoing every few weeks to keep it up.

Cheapest option is furniture polish even the cheapest stuff will work well. Only downside is you will need to re apply it each time you have been out but not too much of a problem if you do it after cleaning your visor when you get home

[oldie59]

Either you'd need something that wipes the rain off like on a car, which would likely be bulky and require power from bike or battery either way not many bikes would like this (excluding polite jacket wearing bmw riders, sorry.) or it would have to be a chemical spray that caused rain the fall straight off like a film on the visor but this could either damage the visor or cost astronomical amounts and require replacing several times.

my diagnosis.

Use your hand.

 

I believe powered wipers for bike helmets were considered many years ago but disregarded on safety grounds, due to the risk of injury to the bikers head/face in an accident, either by the mechanism puncturing the helmet, or the wiper arm being pushed into the bikers face.

[Joeman]

Get one of these

https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/produ ... oduct=9335

[bede]

The right index finger of my Rukka glove has a small rubber blade on the back for clearing the visor and it works really well.